Patrick Soon-Shiong, owner of the LA Times, has been promising to restore trust in media over the last few months. Instead, he has launched an escalating campaign of editorial interference that acc…
The supreme irony here is that while billionaire media property owners like Soon-Shiong, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg constantly bemoan the public’s “distrust in media,” their own heavy-handed meddling has become perhaps the leading driver of that distrust. They’re not just putting their thumbs on the scale anymore – they’re actively rewriting reality to match their preferred narrative.
It’s not irony though. They have zero interest in “trust” or “the media”.
It’s not irony though. They have zero interest in “trust” or “the media”.
It’s like people have never heard of lying.
They’re not ignorant fools. They’re manipulators. They’re grifters. They say wrong shit on purpose because it serves their goals.